Yesturday I went easter shopping with my sister. We stocked up on food for the next couple of days. Like I said in my earlier post, we have alot of family coming in and we celebrate practically every waking moment. Anyways we went to Wal-mart to go shopping so the bill wouldn't be sooo $$$. I wanted to go to Costco but she cancelled her membership because she never used it! I would be there buying in bulk every week!
While at Wal-mart we were buying easter candies to fill the baskets and for the easter egg hunt for the kids and of course how could we forget the adults. I of course told my sister I will be participating this year in the easter egg hunt, considering last year there was floating dollars in some of the eggs! We picked up bags and bags of candy...Kit Kat, Snickers, M&M's, Butterfinger, every kind of candy I just wanted to inhale. Then we passed along the Cadbury Eggs. I have never tried them and I thought him well I could treat myself to one, so I looked for the nutrion label and I had to look in the box it was in and there popped in my head 180 calories! What 180 CALORIES FOR ONE EGG!!! No thanks! I could get a starbucks, ice cream scoop from baskin robbins, 2 scrambled eggs, a cup of cereal with milk, I could have alot more for that one egg, and it would last more than a couple seconds!
So after thinking about it, I think my plan to conquer this fun filled weekend of eating, is to think about what else I could eat, think about how much more I could eat then settling for a piece of chocolate, etc. That and I will just think about how hard I workout boxing and how much I sweat. Just thinking of all the hard work we put into exercising, makes me stay away from the candy!
I will be in control!!!
I have a list of things to do today! Have to run! I will check on you all later!!
Before I go!
I forgot to mention, I just found out Taco Bell is going to start serving Breakfast as of today. I thought it was intresting, I looked on their site, but nothing yet of nutrition facts.
oh yeah! I posted new front and side view pictures!
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04/05/2007 11:48
Don't try the
cadbury eggs! They are so deliciously sinful. If you try one then you will be like me and have to avoid the Easter section just so you won't be tempted. ;)
Drooooollllll... That is the one treat I will miss this Easter season. Hopefully I can avoid them altogether and they will be out of the stores before I am overcome with the urge to scoff one down. I can dream, though.....
Good luck avoiding those tempting treats this weekend.
I'm new to this sight and saw your profile and Wow! You seem to be doing wonderful! Your pictures are great! Keep up the good work. You are an encouragement. Yes, stay away from the cadbury eggs. They can become addicting .. not good.
I used to have them every Easter when I was younger and never knew how much calories they were until you mention it! Well I know I'm not having those this year. Perhaps a jelly bean or a peep will do for now. Your new pictures look great! Hope you have a great Easter weekend with your family. :)
I wish you the best of luck with your strategy to avoid all the chocolate this weekend! I wish I had that kind of control...but when I see chocolate, that's about all I can focus on. haha! Which is why I just try to stay away all-together. Doesn't always work though!
Nice new pictures! Looks like someone's ready for summer!
Luckly I'm not much of a candy person, I love chocolate but I'm picky about it so I don't eat everything in sight. But my husband loves those sugary marshmallow peeps, when they're on sale he stocks up!
Yes! YOU WILL BE IN CONTROL! That's my goal too (that's my goal every day!). Have a great time with your family, enjoy every moment with them.
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04/05/2007 17:51
Hey Girl ! I Wasn't Aware That I Had Done Anything
Hey Alexia,
Thank you for the kind comment that you left for me on my post. Thank you for understanding the reflection. I really was not aware of anything that I had really done that was special except just be a friend who supported you . I know you would do the same for me ! I love you to pieces & thank you very much ! I will still be here when you need me !
the Fashion Square mall! And you didn't need to send me the link (but thanks) I already had it bookmarked!!
Ok, our reservation is at 2:00 on Sunday, so you better leave real early since its like an 11 hour drive to get here!! Probably longer!
I am so glad I absolutely hate Easter candy!! Ick! Yuk! Its the eggs that worry me: eggs for breakfast, egg salad sandwich for lunch, deviled eggs with dinner.....thank God its only once a year! I love egg salad sandwiches, but DH can only stomach them once a year.
... that's why I can start passing up things now (chocolate, pizza)... I look at it and mentally calculate how many points in it and how many APs I will need to earn to burn it off LOL!! Great job passing that egg!! I hope to be as strong this weekend!! Haven't even planned my menu, let alone shopped for food and goodies!
for passing up those cadbury cream eggs. honestly, i don't think they're worth it either! i haven't had one in ages, but i'm actually not even tempted - not only b/c of the gross number of cals & fat, but also just because milk chocolate doesn't do it for me most of the time... it's too sweet! and when you add the creamy middle, i can only imagine it gets even sweeter. *yuck* i love me some dark chocolate =) now having said that, if you do have a craving for one sometime, i did see they had mini-versions of the eggs out there that were not AS high in cals... but I say stay away - totally NOT worth it. it's funny, I do that thing in my head too where i compare it to what else i could be eating for the same number of cals.
your new pictures look great! you look so happy, and I'm very happy for you that you've come so far! thank you for the link about wine. i think i've got gotten my plan mostly down.
What you said about cadbury eggs and calories makes a lot of sense to me, and it's a really helpful way to look at it. I had never thought of what I could eat instead for the same number of calories before. Which is strange, since that's similar to how I approach spending money (how many hours did I work for the money to buy _______? Is it worth that much work?). It helps keep me within my financial budget, so hopefully I can use your principle to keep to my calorie budget. Thanks!
I love your new blog design. It almost makes me want to start tweaking mine . . . almost. I just looked through all your pictures--I love that you have so many pictures online. It's amazing how different you look--you're practically unrecognizeable from before.
Oh, BTW, when I talked about blogs that weren't really "active" I definitely wasn't talking about yours! It's amazing how your success has really inspired the readers at EP. You have so many fans! Thanks for visiting me so often. I appreciate it.
Hey there Alexia. I came by your blog for a lift in spirits and that is exactly what I got!! You are doing so well, both mentally anfd physically. Great job on accomplishing your goals ;) Hope I'll be following in your footsteps!
Facing down the candy aisle and living to tell about it. ;) I won't eat Cadbury eggs....wanna know why? I bit into one once and instead of it being an ooey gooey goodness inside it was a glob of mold. That solved that for me. :) BLech! I can't pass up jelly beans...starburst/starkist(oh wait that's tuna...LOL!) and the candy coated chocolate eggs. I'm one of the rare people who if I eat a marshmellow peep I feel sick. I hate them.
We picked up bags and bags of candy...Kit Kat, Snickers, M&M's, Butterfinger, every kind of candy I just wanted to inhale. Then we passed along the Cadbury Eggs. I have never tried them and I thought him well I could treat myself to one, so I looked for the nutrion label and I had to look in the box it was in and there popped in my head 180 calories! What 180 CALORIES FOR ONE EGG!!! No thanks! I could get a starbucks, ice cream scoop from baskin robbins, 2 scrambled eggs, a cup of cereal with milk, I could have alot more for that one egg, and it would last more than a couple seconds!
